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[Fox-Paw]

Hay all Fox-Paw here,

so new to the forums and thought id say hi.

[Whill]

Hello fellow D6ers,

I started playing Star Wars D6 over 20 years ago. Even with all the many other RPGs I've played and owned over the years, I feel strongly that nothing beats the WEG's Star Wars RPG. I found this site a few years ago, but more recently started coming here more often and posting. I'm happy to be part of a world-wide community of both the die hard fans and even the more casual ones.

I've been further revising and expanding the 2E R@E game at the same time as planning my next campaign. It was inspired by the Minos Cluster campaign in Tramp Freighters, but takes place in the 2 years leading up to ANH in an original sector of space I have created. The characters will start out as smugglers but as the campaign goes on they will be drawn into several plots of various factions vying for power. The campaign will escalate to epic levels by the end (and lead into the events of ANH).

Anyway, thank you all for your support of this great game over the years. It's great to be here.
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[jmanski]

Greetings, although late, to both of you.

I believe you'll find everyone friendly and helpful here.
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[The Game Guy]

I am psyched. I finally got my copy of SW D6 R&E and I am excited to look it over and get going.

[cheshire]

Woo hoo! We've converted another one!

[DarthMortis]

I signed up a couple of days ago and I just thought I would say something on here.
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[Gry Sarth]

Well, it is said then. Welcome all.
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[DarthMortis]

Thank you very much Gry
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[Ravenarchon]

Greetings! I'm a new poster, but a long time reader. Been coming here to read about D6 SW stuff for years.

I guess I should say something quickish (probably not, but you get a cookie if you read it all) about myself as an intro. I'm very into PnP RPGs and I've been playing them a while. My first RPG experience ever was Wizards first D20 Star Wars RPG, which my brother GM'd for me, my other brother, and my dad. So unlike the general consensus this board (seems) to have, I actually enjoy D20 ;D (Especially DnD 4e which I want to DM so bad.) I especially like the new SAGA Star Wars RPG Wizards made, and I got a couple of it's books too.

So why am I here? Well it's certainly not to try and get into an RPG system war. Far from it in fact. See while in a library one day, my brother and I found a section witch had old RPG books. Mostly AD&D ones. We laughed at the idea of King Arthur having AC-4 and then put the book back. And there on the shelf next to it was the WEG SW RPG core book, and the Star Wars Source Book. Both 1st edition.

I was intrigued. I was aware there was a SWRPG other then d20, but I'd never seen it before. I read through the book over the next few days and I was simply... amazed. The system was so simple yet so deep as well, and I loved it. While I love d20, I think WEG may very well have done Star Wars best, even over SAGA. The D6 system just has such a dynamic action oriented feel, without being to bogged down by rules. Perfect IMO for Star Wars.

Anyway that was some years ago. I finally bought my own books for it (first the Second edition core book - which I didn't really like. It was poorly laid out IMO), and then the RE book - which I love. I've only GM'd a few sessions over the course of the years I've owned the books, mostly do to lack of interest on the part of anyone else, but It looks like I'm finally going to have the chance to do a REAL campaign for it soonish, so I'm kind'a hyped.

And that's why I'm here. Cookies for all that made it this far. I will likely have questions on the other forums soon, which will hopefully not be as long. I tend to ramble when I'm hyped.

[Orgaloth]

You'll probably find that most the people here grew up playing WEG Star Wars, hence our bias. Some of us see Wizards as having killed AD&D and Star Wars RPG. If we had of started with D20 we would probably be of the same mindset as yourself.

Now where's my cookie?
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[Ankhanu]

Welcome. I look forward to cookies
Unlike yourself, the first RPG I ever played was WEG Star Wars 2nd Ed. (R&E hadn't been published), which set my standard for RPGs pretty high I was never able to get into (A)D&D 2nd Ed., but did take a shining to 3.x, which was much more sensible... that said, I can't say I like the change to 4e, it feels too mechanical to me (Though there is a project, Pathfinder RPG, that is doing an update to fix the problems with 3.x while maintaining the good parts of it, you should check it out).
While I do enjoy d20, I never really felt like the WotC focus on compclosed interpretation, explicit rules and character balance really reflected the feeling of the Star Wars universe. Character levels and Star Wars... don't jive. Couple that with the lack of freedom in character choices (again due to clas levels) and I just couldn't get into it.

Hey, it's cool that you like d20, no one's going to condemn you for it here, but yeah, we have biases
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[Jamfke]

Laughed at King Arthur having a -4 AC?



I smell a youngling!!!!

Welcome aboard! Like everyone else said, nothing wrong with liking D20. It's a decent enough system for what it was designed for. I've got the Saga rules, but haven't really looked over them much yet. Don't have time nor reason to at the moment.

I'll pass on the cookies, my belt's too tight as it is!
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[Doomhead]

My inner fat kid is saying go for the cookies!!!!
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[Ravenarchon]

I emailed everyone their cookie... *let's that sink in* ...

Also yeah, while I don't exactly MIND the class systems for star wars I do agree that D6's more free and loose skill system does seem to fit the feel better. At least the original trilogy. Honestly I could totally almost point out what class every character in the prequals is, but the prequals character's were kind'a cookie-cutter in some ways so that might be why.

And as for Pathfinder, I already looked it over once and I am rather impressed by what I've read so far. I especially love what they did with the Paladin (my favorite class).

XD And I'm not all that young. I know AD&D, even DM'd a second edition campaign once. Negative Armor Class tho... it still amuses me. It just seems quirky.

Anyway nice to meet everyone. Remember to turn your email spam filters off, or it might not give you your cookie when it comes =D